2015 Innovation and Medical Assistance Grant Funded Partners

Innovation Grants

St. Luke’s Health Initiatives’ 2015 Innovation Grant funded partners are:

  • Cultivate South Phoenix (CUSP), receiving $125,000 to transform vacant lots into productive urban gardens and farms through a food hub for production & distribution. This improves local access to fresh and healthy foods, enhances the capacity of local growers to process and distribute produce, develops healthy systems and policies, and creates a business model for sustainability of urban gardens and food hubs.
  • Arizona Community Action Association, receiving $125,000 for volunteer implementation of a statewide Living Wage Initiative to reduce poverty which is a major determinant of health. The initiative recruits, certifies, recognizes, and rewards employers paying a living wage of $14.88/hr.

Thanks to a collaborative review process, the RightCare Foundation received $100,000 from the Arizona Community Foundation as part of 2015’s Innovation Grant cycle.

Medical Assistance Program Grants

Following is a listing of Medical Assistance Program grants approved by St. Luke’s Health Initiatives’ Board of Trustees in 2015:

Grant Recipient Amount
Adelante Health Care $418
Alhambra School District $15,000
American Academy of Pediatrics $7,700
Area Agency on Aging $44,745
Arizona Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired $62,870
Community Hearing Aid Program $23,000
Crossroads $17,000
EAR Foundation $157,000
East Valley Adult Resources $10,000
Foundation for Blind Children $38,050
National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence $15,800
St. Vincent de Paul $68,735

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